Refrigerator.



PATENTED APR. '7, 1908.

T. A. MAYER.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED, SEP T.13,1907.

partly broken away showing THEODORE A. MAYER, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or CO UMBIA.

REFRIGERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed September 13, 1907. Serial No. 392,688.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. MAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to refrigerators and has for its object the combination therewith of a spring balance scale having for its platform or scale pan the floor of the ice chamber so that the quantity of ice in the chamber can be ascertained at all times without opening the refrigerator as well as the amount of ice purchased from time to time.

The construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be explained in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front v ew of a-refrigerator my improvements installed therein, Fig. 2-, a fragmental view in cross-section, and Fig. 3, a modification showing a plurality of dials for use in large refrigerators.

1n the drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

My improved refrigerator A has its casing secured to and supported by an interior frame comprising corner posts B and cross pieces C of metal or other material though this structure is not absolutely essential to the construction and operation of my improvements which consist in securing a spring balance scales D in the upper part of the refrigerator with the dial E located in a boxing F formed in the upper part of the frame of the refrigerator preferably in the front thereof so that it can be easily read. The bottom G of the ice chamber H is rigidly or removably secured to horizontal arms Iextending from the bar J connected with the mechanism of the scales and thus forms the. platform so that the amount of ice in the ice chamber H and resting on the platform G is indicated at all times and the amount of ice that may be purchased from time to time ascertained. Anti-friction rollers j are 'ournaled in the easing of the refrigerator and engage the bar J to prevent friction between said bar and the body of the refrigerator. may

and loosely mounted in the upper end of the drip pipe M to carry off the drippings from the melting ice, or any other construction of The platform G be provided with gutters or depressions K leading to a drip tube L securedthereto platform may be substituted therefor if de-:-

sired.

In Fig. 3 is shown a structure for use in;

largerefrigerators or ice boxes in which}; multiplicity of dials E is used and so connected withthe scale mechanism as to indicate the weight by pounds, hundreds of pounds, and thousands of pounds it being understood that the'number of dialsmay be increased desired to provide the mechanism required for the refrigerator on which it is to be installed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is The combination with a refrigerator having a boxing in its front, of a scales structure secured in said boxing and having a dial presented to the exterior of the refrigerator, a bar operatively connected with said scales structure, horizontal arms formed integral with and extending from said bar, and a platform removably and replaceably supported on said horizontal arms and forming thebottom of the ice =ehamber, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE A. AYER.

Witnesses JAs. H. BLAoKwooD, L. F. RANDOLPH, Jr. 

